The following is the transcript of an interview with Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 10, 2025.

MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly, who joins us this morning, from Tucson. Senator, President Trump could lift some, but not all, sanctions on Russia, unless Congress agrees to do it. Is there any appetite to lift them?

SEN. MARK KELLY: I don't have an appetite to lift them. Putin continues to execute an illegal war where he is intentionally killing women, children, old people. I visited Ukraine several months ago, went to a veterans hospital where nurses there just witnessed horrible atrocities. So, I think, if anything, Margaret, we need to continue to put the pressure on Putin, on Russia. M

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